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Murdoch, Fox face $1.6 billion trial over 2020 election as Trump surges

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News empire is going on trial for airing false 2020 election fraud claims, even as it continues to struggle over its relationship with the man who most stoked those conspiracy theories: former President Donald Trump.

Tribune News Service

How improperly obtained election system information is being shared in far-right circles

WASHINGTON — On the third day of the Conservative Political Action Conference in March, two men delivered on experts' biggest concerns about attempts to access election machines after the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times

Judge may force Murdoch to testify

Judge told attorney not to make him "look like an idiot," citing Murdoch's marriage and travel plans

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Fox CEO: Facts are "bad for business"

Emails show Fox News intentionally lying "because they want the revenue to continue flowing," ex-prosecutor says

Salon

Rupert Murdoch called Trump’s Jan. 6 actions ‘pretty much a crime,’ court doc says

NEW YORK — Rupert Murdoch’s disdain for former President Donald Trump’s actions after the 2020 election came out again in evidence presented in the $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News.

Los Angeles Times

Angry Fox News chief said fact-checks of Trump’s election lies ‘bad for business’

Suzanne Scott wrote in December 2020 that on-air fact-checks ‘have to stop’, messages obtained from $1.6bn Dominion lawsuit reveal

The Guardian - US

Fox News is being sued for defamation over its 2020 election coverage. The case could shake up media law and the Murdoch empire

The stage is set for a high-stakes legal drama pitting Fox News against an election tech company over false claims about a plot to rig the 2020 US election. The case could have ripple effects on US defamation law and the Murdoch media empire.

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Why Dominion is already the winner of the $1.6bn lawsuit against Fox News

Messages proving network hosts and executives knew what they were saying was false and ‘reckless’ are now on record forever

The Guardian - US

Fox, Dominion argue over legal standards to prove defamation

Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company are tangling over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that has embarrassed the conservative network over its airing of false claims related to the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Producer sues Fox News, alleging she's being set up for blame in $1.6 billion suit

Abby Grossberg says she was misled by Fox lawyers who prepared her to testify in the defamation lawsuit. Fox News says she's revealed confidential information and has sued her.

WEKU

Ex-Fox Newser: Facts may insult viewers

Former Tucker Carlson producer railed against "dumb" Fox viewers, calling them "cousin f—–ing types"

Salon

Commentary: Private texts confirm: Fox isn’t a news network

The newly released private messages of Fox News stars Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch, and others prove what many on the left have argued for years: that Fox is an entertainment network, not a news network.

Tribune News Service

Are the feds ignoring Trump allies’ multi-state effort to access election systems? Experts raise alarms for 2024

WASHINGTON — As news trickled out that former President Donald Trump's supporters had organized to access federally protected election machines, and copied sensitive information and software, election expert Susan Greenhalgh waited for FBI or Justice Department leaders to announce an investigation.

Los Angeles Times

Censured for 'Misrepresentations' About a 'Stolen' Election, a Former Trump Lawyer Insists She Never Lied

Jenna Ellis admitted that she made 10 false claims while representing the former president and his campaign.

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Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo is front and center in Dominion's defamation suit

How do you solve a problem like Maria Bartiromo?

Salon

Tribe: Fox filing "has all the receipts"

"The First Amendment doesn't protect deliberate lies that cause injury to reputation," says Laurence Tribe

The Guardian - US

What did Fox News really think of Trump and the 2020 election?

Revelations stem from evidence in $1.6bn defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the network

Salon

Carlson: I hate Trump "passionately"

"We're all pretending we've got a lot to show for it," Carlson wrote. "There really isn't an upside to Trump"

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The Guardian - US

Tucker Carlson, who ‘passionately hates’ Trump, shows more Capitol footage

Fox News host continues to claim January 6 was peaceful while legal filings show him saying Trump is good at ‘destroying things’

Fortune

Fox boss Murdoch said under oath that 2020 poll Trump lost was free and fair

Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion, saying the network crippled the company by broadcasting false claims that Dominion had changed votes in the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times

Rupert Murdoch did not believe the 2020 election was 'stolen,' despite what you heard on Fox News

NEW YORK — While Fox News guests and anchors presented former President Donald Trump's false allegations that voter fraud led to his loss in the 2020 election, network boss Rupert Murdoch didn't believe a word of it.

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson revives bogus election claims after court filings reveal him ridiculing conspiracy theories

Court documents reveal Fox News star rejected debunked 2020 claims while fearing drops in stock prices and viewership if the network publicly admitted there is no evidence to support them

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The disgraceful lies of Fox 'News'

"We Report, You Decide" was among Fox News' marketing mantras when the then-upstart network was challenging CNN.

Tribune News Service

Francis Wilkinson: Fox News is trapped by its own zealotry

The HBO drama “Succession” might be a fictional corollary to the machinations of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox empire. But when it comes specifically to Fox News, “The Righteous Gemstones,” an HBO show about a family managing its skeevy, sprawling, megachurch business may be a more apt model.

WEKU

Fox News stands in legal peril. It says defamation loss would harm all media

Could Fox News lose a $1.6 billion lawsuit? Outside media lawyers say the network is in real legal jeopardy if the case goes to trial next month. Fox argues a loss would hurt other news outlets too.

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